lorddom
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The authority, rule, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or domain of a lord
Example Sentences
- "The saloons of the Roman Emperor, even yet fresh with their gilding, serve as cool subterranean wine-cellars to the English baronet, who, with the King of Naples and the Irish Franciscans, shares the lorddom of the Palatine.""
- "… And lull, meanwhile, war's barbarous business all To slumbrous rest the lands and seas around: For thou alone our mortal hearts canst help With hushful peace. Since Mars armipotent, That over war's wild labours lorddom wields, …"
- "And by lorddom no patriot swears. Our longitude also between the great seas, Even should king and lorddom go down, Unfits us for joining our senate with theirs; [...]"
- "And was it for this that the illustrious men of her family had been born — viceroys, archbishops and great captains who received titles and lorddoms from monarchs !"
- "Have they not all of lorddom at their heels, do they not hold the strings of Britain's purse?"
- "It was Chauncey DeGrandis, lord of the manor, trying in vain to assert his lord-dom."
Etymology
From Middle English lorddom, from Old English hlāforddōm (“rulership; jurisdiction; authority”), equivalent to lord + -dom.